Tag: Relationships
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A Moment Everlasting
Unconsciously we crafted a moment Where we stopped time for a time And met each other once again To resume an everlasting serenity. I thought I was merely speaking Wasted words and actions repeating Yet as I spoke to the others I could see You were listening, listening completely to me. And your listening created a…
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The Measure of Each Other (Inspired by Adele’s Hello)
Once the years stop passing And our fissures fade to grey We two could have a reckoning And determine who would pay. I could admit my failures You could admit yours too We could each count the others And weigh them up all in all. I could then price your virtues And you could price mine A counter…
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The Son
That could have been my son I could have been his dad A child lying fast asleep Snatched too soon from my hands
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Sex and Vacuuming : A Game of Mutual Selfishness
Kathy Lette’s If Your Wife Doesn’t Want Sex Then Try Doing the Vacuumming article echoes the Annabel Crabb‘s The Wife Drought re having it all and needing a wife. Like the old expression, “Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage“, there isn’t much of that anymore. Yes, unfortunately, I’ve heard this all before. In the throes…
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We Cannot Live Together Any More (To My Burglar)
I was burgled this week. After some thought, I’ve decided that the burglar and I cannot live together any more no way never ever. Small change was borrowed and not returned. We haven’t been able to talk about this yet. And a can opener and some men’s toiletries have disappeared. And I’m sensing a growing…
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The Gratitude Principle
Gratitude is what I take away from this. Beautifully said. But not by me. I borrowed (and acknowledged) the phrase in an email to my ex-employer after being retrenched. Was I grateful? Not all the time. At first I was grateful but as the weeks passed I found it became more difficult. I did receive…
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Of Happier Things
And now to speak of happier things as my Dad says. As you may have already read, my sister was married last week. How I did behave at her reception? Perfectly. Well almost. I spoke to anyone and everyone. I said this wedding shows the good you do returns to you. Let there be more…
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The Wedding Dress
My sister was married last weekend. The only inconvenience on the wedding day was this. Our hotel room was makeup and hair curling central. Which means that around 8 am we had to be out! In the end we returned three quarters of an hour before the ceremony. I softly knocked on the room…
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Getting the Introduction Right (Networking)
Once I thought networking was all about introducing yourself. But after some contemplation, I realised it worked best for me when I introduced others. And got that right. And that took some doing. The first time I got it wrong was when I had just met a beautiful girl at a dance. I introduced her to…
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Men Shopping with Women : The Unwritten Taboo
I wrote before about being a stylist in training for my partner. And I had my successes and mainly failures. But I learnt lots. Especially about shoes. I now know good quality from bad. I know what does and doesn’t work fashion wise. And still stumble and fall. But unwittingly I stumbled on a taboo…